The never ending Toyota return to Le Mans (LMP1) thread

[TF110]

All they need is to get Montagny onboard and it'll be a Peugeot reunion. I won't be surprised if he is picked up next year.

[gwyllion]

Originally Posted by aneesh99

That aside, has Toyota actually said if they will run 2 cars in the WEC post Le Mans? Or even if they will run the rest of WEC at all?

They will do all WEC rounds after Le Mans with a single car.

[gwyllion]

Originally Posted by TF110

All they need is to get Montagny onboard and it'll be a Peugeot reunion. I won't be surprised if he is picked up next year.

For a Peugeot reunion they would need to pick up Bourdais, Gene, Minassian and Pagenaud as well

[tyronnezx]

Originally Posted by gwyllion

For a Peugeot reunion they would need to pick up Bourdais, Gene, Minassian and Pagenaud as well

Pegenaud and Bourdais will complete the Dream team if Sarazzin and Ishiura joins and the lineup remains the same

[TF110]

Originally Posted by gwyllion

For a Peugeot reunion they would need to pick up Bourdais, Gene, Minassian and Pagenaud as well

I was speaking of the No.8 car. If they get Montagny they will have all that previous car's drivers and could put them back together again. This year Wurz is in the No.7 car for Toyota, but next year if they have 3 cars he could possibly switch to the 8 and if Franck is hired it would be a good sight to see the former team of Peugeot No.8 keep the # and the drivers!

[TF110]

Did some searching around to see if there were any pictures from the Aragon test. I have only found a few from their one day test at Magny-Cours on a french site http://www.leblogauto.com/zenphoto/t...a-magny-cours/

[nobster]

This car is looking fantastic, hope they can cause some headaches at the Audi camp or else it would probably be a dull race this year. Big change from last years stunner.

[MulsanneMike]

Originally Posted by gwyllion

For what it is worth, the carbon tub of McLaren MP4-12C is produced in only 4 hours.
source: http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010...tion-line.aspx

Volkswagen believes that the carbon tub of the XL1 can be produced in 1 hour.
source: http://www.automotivedesign.eu.com/a...er-future.aspx

Of course these examples use the resin transfer moulding process which is much faster than the traditional pre-preg process that TMG uses.

And for what it's worth, tubs produced in this manner (RTM) are structurally much different. I dare say a LMP1 tub is 100 fold stronger torsionally. I imagine the tub for the MP4-12C is little more than a lower (not a closed structure), and effectively an extrusion in cross section. Very simple in other words, though very appropriate for a road car.

Apologies for digging up a couple weeks old post...only just now saw it.

[TF110]

Any news or confirmation about Sarrazin joining Toyota?

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by TF110

Any news or confirmation about Sarrazin joining Toyota?

No and no, and my suspicion is that someone else will be in that seat come Le Mans.

[TF110]

I've read that he participated in the Aragon test, was that a lie?

[NelisB]

Originally Posted by TF110

I've read that he participated in the Aragon test, was that a lie?

Isn't he supposed to be at the next test with toyota?

[gwyllion]

Yes, according to l'Equipe he will join the test next week at Paul Ricard. There is mentioned nowhere that he was at Aragon.

[TF110]

It was mentioned on another forum. Which is where you got the information that he was to test with Toyota in the first place, but it wasn't said in any news outlet. So it may not be true, but I took it from where you linked.

[NelisB]

They're going testing again.

" Tomorrow off to Paul Ricard for a test session in the Toyota Le Mans car!" source: http://bit.ly/M7NlmA